Machine for attaching g love-fasteners to garm ents



Patented Aug. 9, 1898.-

E. ruse. MACHINE FDR ATTAGl-IING GLOVE FASTENERS T0 GARMENTS.

(Application filed Apr, 14, 1697.)

(No Model.)

llnri nn STATES PATENT FFlCEt ELISHA FLAGG, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORTO TnErLAee BROTHERS COMPANY, on SAME PLACE. i

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING GLOVE-FASTENERS TO CARM ENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,978, dated August9, 1898.

Application filed April 14, '7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA FLAGG, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inMachines for Attaching Glove-Fasteners to Garments, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines by whichfastenerssuch as are commonly known by the 'names glove-fasteners,coat-fasteners, and snap-fasteners -are riveted to garments and whichcomprise holding devices whereby the parts of the fasteners are held inproper relations to each other during the operation of the machines uponthem; and theobject of the improvements is to provide such machines withbold ing devices in which a part of the stud and the socket of suchafastener may be inserted and from which they maybe withdrawn withespecial facility and by which they are sure to be held in properrelations -'to the other parts of the fastener and protected from injurywhen they are applied to a garment.

On the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of amachine embodying the invention Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof; Fig.3, a vertical section of one of the holding devices; Fig. 4, an invertedplan of that device; Fig. 5, an elevation and vertical section of theother holding device; Fig. 6, a detail of one of the parts of the latterdevice. Figs. 7 and 8 are views of the parts of a stud member orafastener, and Figs. 9 and 10 are views of the parts of the socket memberof the fastener. Similar reference-numerals designate like parts indifferent views.

The machine represented in the drawings is novel with respect only tothe parts illustrated in Figs. 3 et seq. to 6, inclusive, ma-.

chines comprising all'the other parts thereof having been in use beforethis invention was made. The invention might-be embodied in a machinediffering from this in various particulars ofconstruction, as willappear from the following description andclaims.

The frame of this machine is a casting 1,

Serial No. 632,054.. (No model.)-

having a that base, the headlO, andtheblock 11 at the front end of thebase under the head. In the head are two plunger's 2 and coil-spring 20,which surround and support the plungers. A lever 3 is pivoted at 3 in aprojection 12 of the frame, and to the front arm of this lever a block31 is pivoted on the under side of the arm by a bolt 32, and on the topof the arm 30 is fixed a spring 33, which rests in a recess 34 at thefront end of the block 31. This recess extends nearly across the block31 and is deeper at each end than it is elsewhere, and the spring 33 isso arranged with relation to the block 31 that the block is held by thespring directly over whichever plunger it may be desirable to actuate bythe lever. A pin 35 is fixed in the front end of the block 31. to enablethe block to be conveniently moved from one plunger to the other. To-thelever 3 at its rear end is pivoted a link 36, which is also pivoted to alever 37, and to the power-arm of this lever, which is within a cavityin the frame and is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the lever beingpivoted by a pin 38 between the sides of the frame, is pivoted a rod 39,which is to be connected with a treadle or other actuating mechanism.

It will now be understood that either plunger may be forced downward,while the other is left at rest in its highest position, by a downwardpull on the rod 39, the block 31 being over the plunger which is to beactuated, since the pull on the rod 39 will throw the rear arm of thelever 37 forward and upward and force upward the rear arm of the lever 3through the action thereon of the toggle formed by the lever 37 and,link36.

On the block 11 are fixed two anvils. These are composed of hollow posts4: and 5, which are screwed into the block 11 and onwhich are set-nuts40 and 50, and of the caps41 and 51, the capsbeing provided with stemswhich fit loosely inthe hollow posts. In the top of the capAl is aseat-conforming-to that part of the fastener which is shown inFig. 8,and

in the top of the cap 51 is a seat conforming to that part of thefastener which is shown in Fig. 10.

That part of the stud member of the fastener which is shown in Fig. 7comprises the head 42,

base 43,and prong 44,permanentlysecured together, and the other part 45of this member, this being the part shown in Fig. 8, is a shell in whichthe prong 44 is clenched when the stud is attached to a garment. Theparts of the socket member consist, respectively, of the shell 52, aspring Within the shell, and the prong 53, permanently secured together,as appears in Fig. 9, and of the button-shaped cap 54, which is shown inFig. 10, and which contains a cavity in which the prong 53 may beclenched. The prong 53 is the stem of an annealed tack whose head restsagainst that side of the shell 52 which is the lower side in thedrawings, there being in the opposite side of the shell an openingadapted to receive 'the head 42 of the stud.

The holding device whose construction is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4holds that part of the stud member of the fastener which is shown inFig. 7. The head 6 of this device corresponds in size to the base 43 ofthe stud, and in it is a cavity 60, which is slightlylarger than thehead 42 of the stud. The face of the head 6 around the cavity conformsto the surface of the base 43 of the stud around the head 42. On thehead 6 is a stem having flat faces ('31, which adapt the device to beturned by a wrench, and having a screwthreaded section 62. The diameterof the section 62 is less than that of the adjacent part of the stem, ashoulder 63 being formed at the base of the section In the head 6 aretwo holes 64, which are diametrically opposite one another and extendfrom the eX- terior of the head to the cavity 60 near the face of thehead. Springs 65, which are attached to the head by screws 66, projectthrough the holes 64 into the cavity 60, their ends being quite near thewall of the cavity, as appears by Fig. 4. This device is screwed intothe plunger which is over the anvil that is to receive the shell or back45 of the stud member of the fastener, so that the shoulder 63 is incontact with the end of the plunger, as is indicated by dotted lines inFig. 2. When the plunger is in its highest position, the stem of theholding device is entirely within the head 10 of the frame, andthe head6 of the device forms a stop, it being in contact with the bottom of thehead 10, which prevents the plunger from being raised too high by thespring in the head 10. This device receives the head 42 of the stud inthe cavity 60 and holds it, together with the base 43 and prong 44, asrepresented in Figs. 1 and 2, by means of the springs 65, which pressagainst the head 42 near the base 43. The head of the stud is easily andquickly forced between the springs 65 by the hand, and is withdrawn fromthem instantly, after the stud has been attached to a garment, by aslight downward pull on the garment. The other holding device is alsocomposed of a head and stem. It differs from that which has beendescribed with respect to the construction of its head only. Among theparts of its head are the driver 7 and section 70, and these and thestem of the device are integral, the stem having fiat faces 71, ascrew-threaded section 72, and a shoulder 73, corresponding to theportions 61, 62, and 63 of the stem. (Shown in Fig. 3.) In the driver 7is a fixed pin 74, which projects from it, as shown in Fig. 5, and onthis pin are two blocks 75, which surround the driver. Each of theseblocks has in it a cavity 76, which is adapted to fit closely againstthe socket of the fastener, and has at the lower edge of the cavity alip or bead 77. The blocks are held on the pin 74 as they are shown inFigs. 2 and 5, their tops being in contact with the section 70, and theface of each, which is shown in Fig. 6, being close to the face of theother, so that the cavities 76 form together a chamber whose wallconforms to that part of the surface of the socket which in Fig. 9 isthe upper surface. In the blocks 75 is a groove 78, and a coil-spring79, resting in the groove 7 8, encircles the blocks and tends to keepthem close together and close to the driver. ing device is screwed intothe plunger which is over the anvil on which the cap 54 of the socketmember of the fastener is to be laid and bears to the plunger and head10 of the frame the relations represented in Fig. 2,the shoulder 73being in contact with the end of the plunger and the section forming astop which limits the upward movement of the plunger when that sectionis in contact with the bottom of the head 10. The socket of the fasteneris inserted in this holding device by pushing it with the hand into thechamber in the blocks 75, the blocks being forced to separate slightly,sliding on the pin 74 by the pressure of the socket against them, andwhen the broadest part of the socket passes the lips 77 the blocks aredrawn toward each other by the spring 79, and the lips 77 then preventthe socket from falling out of the holder and press it firmly againstthe wall of the chamber. The socket surrounds the driver 7, whichextends through the spring within the socket and bears against the headof the tack 53. The socket is securely held, as represented in Fig. 2,while the prong 53 is being forced through the garment and clenched inthe cap 54. It is withdrawn from the holder by a slight downward pull onthe garment.

The members of the fastener are attached to a garment by actuating theplungers alternately, the garment being held upon the proper anvil. Theprongs 44 and 53 are driven by the plungers through the garment and intothe shell 45 and cap 54, respectively, and clenched therein. Theseholding devices greatly facilitate the attachment of the fas teners togarments, both by so holding the parts of each member of a fastener thatthey are bound to be properly secured together and to the garmentwithout being crushed or otherwise injured and by so readily receivingand releasing them that it takes but an instant to handle them.

This hold- Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding" devicecomprisinga h ead 6, and springs 65, the head containing a cavityOO andholes 64, and the springs extending through the holes 64 into the cavity60, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding devicecomposed of the head 6, and springs 65, and a stem having the flat faces61 and screw-threaded section 62 and shoulder 63, the head having in itthe cavity 60 and holes 64, and the springs being fastened to theexterior of the head and extending through the holes 64 into the cavity60, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding devicecomprising the driver 7, blocks 75, and a spring, the blocks beingmounted on the driver, and the cavities 76 of the blocks forming achamber Whose wall conforms to the face of asocket member of a fastener,and a part of the driver being within the chamber, and of a proper sizeand length to enter the socket and make contact with the head of therivet or back of the socket, and the spring acting on the blocks andtending to force them toward each other, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding devicecomprising the driver 7, the pin 74, the blocks 75, and a spring, theblocks being on the pin 74 and containing cavities 76, and the springbeing adapted to force the blocks toward each other, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a machine for attaching fasteners to garments, a holding devicecomprising the driver 7, section 70, pin 74, blocks 75, spring 79, andthe stem having the flat faces 71 and screw-threaded section 72 andshoulder 73, the blocks being on the pin and in contact With the section70 and containing cavities 76, substantially as described.

ELISHA FLAGG.

In presence of (hats. COLEMAN MILLER, ARTHUR F. THoMPsoN.

